Why do programmers need private offices with doors? (Do Not Disturb)

Re:Why do programmers need private offices with doors? (Do N... by iancmceachern on Tuesday December 19, 2023 @11:16AM (#38697462)

Skilled labor isn't cheap.

The buildings were put there to serve the people, not the other way around.

Even if you pay $1k per office per programmer that's still less than 5-10% of the cost of their salary, and would likely yield a performance improvement of greater than 5-10%.

You say you can't afford to, I say you can't afford not to!

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Re:Why do programmers need private offices with doors? (Do N... by YetAnotherNick on Tuesday December 19, 2023 @02:35PM (#38700399)

> Even if you pay $1k per office per programmer

You mean per year? Private office costs are much higher than that.

If you mean per month, then you are assuming salary to be average of $100k-200k.

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Re:Why do programmers need private offices with doors? (Do N... by iancmceachern on Tuesday December 19, 2023 @04:43PM (#38702092)

I meant per month.

Yes, that is indeed the average salary for a programmer in my area, that's the low end.

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